Oregon Taxes

Tax Foundation a "nonpartisan" educational organization ^ | April 27, 2004 | Denny

[iloveourprez]

Oregon ranks 34th total state and local taxes?

Oregon as one of the top ten states in terms of favorable business climates?

State and local taxes account for less than one percent of the cost of doing business?

Come on! Who are the lying liars, here? Can anyone substantiate the claim that these Tax Foundation guys are "nonpartisan"? Sounds like a lot of typical Oregon liberal hooey to me!

[princess leah]

Oregon also doesn't have Sales Tax!

[scooter2]

And just what state do you live?

[csuzieque]

The property taxes are huge. I was there last summer and a real estate agent told me the taxes for homes are between 12-14% depending on the county.

[Between the Lines]

Comparing the 50 States' Combined State/Local Tax Burdens in 2004

(posted April 2004, to be revised April 2005)

Each state’s total tax burden (taxes as a percentage of income) is a combination of federal, state, and local taxes. Total tax burdens in each state are shown in the turquoise portion of the table (columns 5, 6 & 7). It can be instructive, however, to strip out the federal tax burden and compare just the tax burdens of states and localities. This is the yellow portion of the table on the left (columns 1, 2 & 3).

Follow each row to see how a state's ranking changes when federal taxes are added back in. Generally, high-income states rise because, with their high costs of living and commensurately higher salaries, they are hit harder by the progressive federal income tax. Low-income states that have high state-local tax burdens fall in the ranking when federal taxes are added in.

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Tax Burdens by State in 2004
(Measuring Taxes as a Percentage of Income)

Combined State and Local Tax Burdens by Rank				Adding Federal Taxes to State/Local Taxes Changes the Ranking			Change in Ranking After Adding Federal
	Tax Burden	Rank			Tax Burden	Rank
U.S. Average	10.0%			U.S. Average	27.8%
New York	12.9%	1		New York	32.3%	2	-1
Maine	12.3%	2		Maine	28.9%	6	-4
Ohio	11.3%	3		Ohio	27.5%	17	-14
Hawaii	11.3%	4		Hawaii	27.1%	23	-19
Rhode Island	11.1%	5		Rhode Island	29.2%	5	0
Wisconsin	11.1%	6		Wisconsin	28.2%	11	-5
Utah	10.8%	7		Utah	27.0%	24	-17
West Virginia	10.6%	8		West Virginia	26.0%	38	-30
Connecticut	10.6%	9		Connecticut	32.3%	1	8
Minnesota	10.5%	10		Minnesota	28.1%	12	-2
Idaho	10.4%	11		Idaho	26.2%	35	-24
Vermont	10.4%	12		Vermont	27.6%	16	-4
Michigan	10.2%	13		Michigan	27.4%	20	-7
Nebraska	10.2%	14		Nebraska	26.3%	34	-20
New Jersey	10.1%	15		New Jersey	29.9%	3	12
Indiana	10.1%	16		Indiana	26.7%	28	-12
Kentucky	10.0%	17		Kentucky	26.1%	36	-19
Georgia	10.0%	18		Georgia	27.3%	21	-3
Mississippi	10.0%	19		Mississippi	25.2%	45	-26
Arizona	10.0%	20		Arizona	27.2%	22	-2
Washington	9.9%	21		Washington	28.8%	7	14
Kansas	9.9%	22		Kansas	26.5%	30	-8
Louisiana	9.9%	23		Louisiana	25.4%	44	-21
Maryland	9.9%	24		Maryland	27.7%	15	9
Arkansas	9.8%	25		Arkansas	25.9%	39	-14
California	9.8%	26		California	28.4%	10	16
Iowa	9.8%	27		Iowa	25.6%	41	-14
Montana	9.8%	28		Montana	26.0%	37	-9
New Mexico	9.7%	29		New Mexico	27.5%	18	11
Nevada	9.7%	30		Nevada	28.4%	9	21
North Carolina	9.7%	31		North Carolina	26.4%	32	-1
Illinois	9.7%	32		Illinois	27.9%	13	19
North Dakota	9.7%	33		North Dakota	25.5%	42	-9
Oregon	9.5%	34		Oregon	26.5%	31	3
Pennsylvania	9.4%	35		Pennsylvania	26.5%	29	6
Massachusetts	9.4%	36		Massachusetts	29.6%	4	32
Virginia	9.3%	37		Virginia	27.4%	19	18
Missouri	9.3%	38		Missouri	25.9%	40	-2
Oklahoma	9.2%	39		Oklahoma	25.2%	46	-7
Colorado	9.1%	40		Colorado	27.8%	14	26
Alabama	9.1%	41		Alabama	25.0%	49	-8
South Dakota	9.0%	42		South Dakota	25.4%	43	-1
South Carolina	9.0%	43		South Carolina	25.1%	47	-4
Wyoming	8.9%	44		Wyoming	28.6%	8	36
Florida	8.8%	45		Florida	27.0%	25	20
Texas	8.7%	46		Texas	26.8%	26	20
Tennessee	8.5%	47		Tennessee	25.1%	48	-1
Delaware	8.2%	48		Delaware	26.3%	33	15
New Hampshire	7.5%	49		New Hampshire	26.7%	27	22
Alaska	6.3%	50		Alaska	23.6%	50	0
District of Columbia	12.8%	-		District of Columbia	32.1%	-	-

 

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[tje]

I lived in Oregon for about 12 years. I've moved to Texas. Texas has not state income tax. What I paid in Oregon State income tax pays my monthly mortgage in Texas.

[Who dat?]

That’s why a lot of people lived in Vancouver (or White Salmon or wherever) – WA had no state income tax so they lived there, and Oregon had no sales tax so they shopped there.

You'd go to Lloyd Center or Mall 205 and see an awful lot of WA license plates in the lot.

[tje]

Exactly.. best of both worlds.. All in all, I'm liking Texass a helluva a lot more than Corvallis...

[Lorianne]

I live in Tax Hell, Hawaii.
I used to live in Oregon. There is no comparison.